Download or read book Cross Borneo Expedition written by Simona Garibaldi and published by . This book was released on 2018-03-29 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cross Borneo trekking is an extreme wilderness of jungle trekking in the tropical rainforest of Borneo (Kalimantan). the expedition follows a historical expedition route of a Dutch botanist, DR. Anton W. Niewenhius in 1894 who crossed the jungle border of West and East Kalimantan (Borneo).What I wrote in this little guidebook is based on my recent experience and, I'm pretty sure amongst the most accurate information you might find up to now.

Download or read book The Crossing of Borneo by the Dutch Expedition 1896 1897 written by A. W. Nieuwenhuis and published by . This book was released on 1897* with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Borneo Jungle written by Tom Harrisson and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the mid-1930s Tom Harrison, under the auspices of the Oxford Exploration Club, organized an expedition into the jungles of Borneo. The young men who went with him included Edward Shackleton, son of the famous explorer Ernest Shackleton, and Patrick M. Synge, cousin of the Irish playwright. Together they spent six months among the Kayans, Kenyahs and the nomadic Punans, drank their rice spirit to the accompaniment of haunting chants, danced and sang, blew poisoned darts from the blow-pipe, were tattoed, and dwelt in longhouses whose features included chandeliers of human heads.

Download or read book Expedition to Borneo written by David Macdonald and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Geological Explorations in Central Borneo 1893 94 written by G.A.F. Molengraaff and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-05-11 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, first published in 1902, is the product of the detailed geological survey undertaken by the Borneo Expedition of the late nineteenth century. The scientific exploration focused on Central Borneo, especially the sources of the Kapoewas and its tributaries, and its analysis of the geology of the region still today forms the bedrock of research into the area.

Download or read book Stranger in the Forest written by Eric Hansen and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2000-11-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eric Hansen was the first westerner ever to walk across the island of Borneo. Completely cut off from the outside world for seven months, he traveled nearly 1,500 miles with small bands of nomadic hunters known as Penan. Beneath the rain forest canopy, they trekked through a hauntingly beautiful jungle where snakes and frogs fly, pigs climb trees, giant carnivorous plants eat mice, and mushrooms glow at night. At once a modern classic of travel literature and a gripping adventure story, Stranger in the Forest provides a rare and intimate look at the vanishing way of life of one of the last surviving groups of rain forest dwellers. Hansen's absorbing, and often chilling, account of his exploits is tempered with the humor and humanity that prompted the Penan to take him into their world and to share their secrets.

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Download or read book The Expedition to Borneo of H M S Dido for the Suppression of Piracy written by Sir Henry Keppel and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Borneo Jungle written by John Ford and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Expedition to Borneo of H M S Dido written by Rajah of Sarawak James and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-05-28 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido is a book by James Brooke. It presents a journal of naval and maritime history, filled with exotic communities, destinations, intrigues, fights, and discoveries.

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Download or read book With Pythons Head Hunters in Borneo written by Brian Row McNamee and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2008-05-28 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-Winner in the Travel-Cultural category of the National Best Books 2008 Awards (sponsored by USA Book News), With Pythons & Head-Hunters in Borneo, The Quest For Mount Tiban, is a riveting piece of adventure writing. This is the thrilling narrative of the 2003 & 2006 journeys deep into the heart of Borneo, made by the author and his remarkable indigenous guides. This is a classic travel narrative – long river voyages and foot trekking expeditions with the ultimate goal of scaling the mysterious & allegedly haunted Mount Tiban located near the jungly border between Malaysia and Indonesia. Following in the footsteps of comedy-adventure writer Redmond O’Hanlon’s 1983 expedition, the author braves dangerous rivers, deadly disease, pestiferous insects, leeches, wild animals, venomous snakes & pythons in an attempt to become the first Westerner to scale Mount Tiban since naturalist-explorer Eric Mjoberg in 1925. Brilliantly tying together his own intrepid expeditions with fascinating quotes from famous historic predecessors to include: White Rajahs, District Officers, naturalist-scientists, military soldiers, writers, missionaries, and explorers, the author takes the reader on a rollercoaster ride of emotions while putting together a uniquely complete history of Sarawak, Borneo. This title is a finalist in the Travel Category of the 2009 National Indie Excellence Awards This book has just won the 2008 USBOOKNEWS.COM national award in the Travel-Cultural category. For more information, please visit http://www.usabooknews.com/bestbooksawards2008.html

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